Aironet Wireless Communications
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Aironet is a maker of wireless networking equipment currently operated as a division of Cisco Systems. It was started by ex-Marconi Wireless employees in 1986 as Telesystems SLW in Canada, right after the United States FCC opened up the ISM bands for spread spectrum license-free use. Telxon acquired Telesystems SLW in 1992, and Aironet Wireless Communications was spun off from Telxon's RF Division in 1994. Cisco Systems acquired Aironet in 1998.
One of its pre-acquisition direct competitors was NCR and its successors (AT&T and Lucent), who sold the WaveLAN wireless networking technology.
[edit] Pre-acquisition Aironet products
- ARLAN 900 MHz proprietary wireless networking
- ARLAN 2.4GHz proprietary wireless networking
[edit] See also
List of Cisco Systems acquisitions
[edit] External links
- Brief history of Aironet
- The WayBack Machine's archive of a page with more info on Aironet's history
- 1992 news release about Telxon acquiring Telesystems
- 1999 news release about Cisco acquiring Aironet
- Linux drivers for Aironet ARLAN
- Cisco End-Of-Life announcement about pre-acquisition Aironet devices
